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HIV infection drives interferon signaling within intestinal SARS-CoV-2 target cells

Article scientifique 2021 Anglais

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SARS-CoV-2 infects epithelial cells of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract and causes related symptoms. HIV infection impairs gut homeostasis and is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 fatality. To investigate the potential link between these observations, we analyzed single-cell transcriptional profiles and SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor expression across lymphoid and mucosal human tissue from chronically HIV-infected individuals and uninfected controls. Absorptive gut enterocytes displayed the highest coexpression of SARS-CoV-2 receptors ACE2, TMPRSS2, and TMPRSS4, of which ACE2 expression was associated with canonical interferon response and antiviral genes. Chronic treated HIV infection was associated with a clear antiviral response in gut enterocytes and, unexpectedly, with a substantial reduction of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 target cells. Gut tissue from SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals, however, showed abundant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein in both the large and small intestine, including an HIV-coinfected individual. Thus, upregulation of antiviral response genes and downregulation of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in the GI tract of HIV-infected individuals does not prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in this compartment. The impact of these HIV-associated intestinal mucosal changes on SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics, disease severity, and vaccine responses remains unclear and requires further investigation.

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Fardoos, R., Asowata, O., Herbert, N., Nyquist, S., Zungu, Y., Singh, A., Ngoepe, A., Mbano, I., Mthabela, N., Ramjit, D., Karim, F., Kuhn, W., Madela, F., Manzini, V., Anderson, F., Berger, B., Pers, T., Shalek, A., Leslie, A., Kløverpris, H. (2021). HIV infection drives interferon signaling within intestinal SARS-CoV-2 target cells. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.148920

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Rabiah Fardoos Osaretin E. Asowata Nicholas Herbert Sarah K. Nyquist Yenzekile Zungu Alveera Singh Abigail Ngoepe Ian Mbano Ntombifuthi Mthabela Dirhona Ramjit Farina Karim Warren Kuhn Fusi Madela Vukani T. Manzini Frank Anderson Bonnie Berger Tune H. Pers Alex K. Shalek Alasdair Leslie Henrik N. Kløverpris

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